Head of Finance; West Midlands - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Deverell Smith

Deverell Smith

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Job details:

Posted
21 May 2023

Salary
£ £100000 per annum + plus bonus

Location
Birmingham

Job type

Permanent
Discipline
Finance, Head Office & Business Support
Reference

PR/035614_

Contact Name
Ariane Freebody

Job description:

Head of Finance

£85,000 - £100,000 per annum, plus discretionary bonus

Birmingham

An opportunity to grow your own finance function within a business that is primed for exceptional growth over the coming years.

In this role you will help shape the company and, with the support of the Group CFO and Operations Director, ensure it achieves its goals.

The build-to-rent sector is widely regarded as the most desirable asset classes in the UK, and with the funding support of a JV partner, the pipeline of developments will offer fantastic progression and long-term prospects for the successful applicant.

Headquartered in Birmingham, the company is looking to hire a commercially minded and process-driven Head of Finance tasked with the following objectives:

In-source the entire accounting function over next few years, bringing the reporting, analysis and transactional accounting in-house, it is currently outsourced
Develop a bestinclass reporting process that ensures speed and quality of information
Build an accounting function capable of handling a hypergrowth environment
Provide reliable and accurate data and analysis that will help the company to achieve its KPI's
Business partner with the Operations Director and all department heads to help support the wider business
Embed processes and procedures including system implementation that will provide the platform for future growth
Review and improve internal controls and processes on a regular basis to maintain efficiency
Real estate experience is essential, ideally within a growing company
Track record setting up process and procedure within an accounting function is a prerequisite for this position
You must be a qualified accountant with significant postqualification experience (CIMA / ACA / ACCA)
Exposure to reporting requirements for a publicly listed company would be ideal
Solid experience implementing an ERP system is strongly desired
Commercial business acumen is critical given the exposure to senior stakeholders within the position